Recode Decode: Maha Ibrahim, general partner, Canaan

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Maha Ibrahim, a general partner at Canaan Partners, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her more than 17 years in venture capital, joining Canaan right before the first dot-com bubble burst. Ibrahim says a lot of her fellow investors have only ever known tech as an "up and to the right" industry and she's concerned by the intense rate at which many companies are burning capital, even after they go public. She also talks about the recent backlash against men in tech who have sexually harassed women, calling Reid Hoffman's decency pledge "the lowest of low bars." The bigger challenge for women going forward, Ibrahim explains, will be helping other women succeed even though there is no obvious female equivalent in tech of Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's show is brought to you by AT&T Business.
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0:14.0	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode,
0:18.7	coming to you from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:22.2	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
0:26.0	You may know me as a person who will not be pardoning
0:28.6	Sheriff Joe Arpio, but in my spare time I talk tech
0:31.6	and you are listening to Recode Decode,
0:33.6	a podcast about tech and media's key players,
0:36.0	big ideas and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:38.6	You can find more episodes of Recode Decode on Apple Podcasts,
0:42.6	Spotify, Google Play Music or wherever you listen to your podcasts,
0:46.6	or just visit recode.net slash podcasts for more.
0:50.6	Today in the Red Share is Maha Ibrahim, a general partner
0:53.6	at Venture Capital firm, Kainan.
0:56.6	She's invested in everything from gaming to e-commerce,
0:58.6	but currently she focuses on enterprise,
1:00.6	the cloud and marketplaces.
1:02.6	She's also a frequent lecturer at UC Berkeley and a mentor
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